Wrestling opens home slate with a victory over OAC rival Heidelberg 38-9 on Saturday

ADA — The Ohio Northern wrestling team opened the home and Ohio Athletic Conference portion of its schedule with a 38-9 victory over Heidelberg on Saturday night.

The Basics

• Records: Ohio Northern (1-0 Overall, 1-0 OAC), Heidelberg (0-2 Overall, 0-1 OAC)
• Venue: ONU Sports Center - Ada, Ohio.

ONU Individuals

• Sophomore Casper Caizzo (Norwalk/St. Paul) and freshmen Londen Murphy (Moscow/Moeller) and Troy Dyszkiewicz (Cleveland, Tenn./Walker Valley) all earned pins to lead the Orange and Black. 
• Freshman Kurt Mokros (Lewis Center/Olentangy) won 12-4 in a major decison at the 133 pound weight class to pull ONU within 6-4.
• Caizzo gave the Polar Bears the lead 10-6 with his pin at 1:28 at 141.
• Murphy extended the lead with his pin at 157 in 1:01, making it 16-9.
• Freshman Ben Hegler (Brecksville/Brecksville-Broadview Heights) made it 19-9 with his win by decision at 165. 
• Freshman Jack Hoffman (Springboro) extened the lead to 23-9 with a 13-2 major decision at 174.
• Senior Ajay Locke (Lancaster) won by forfeit at 184 to make it 29-9. 
• No. 6 ranked Sophomore Myles Johnson (Springboro) won by decison at 197 to make it 32-9.
• Dyszkiewicz at heavyweight earned a pin at 1:57 at heavyweight to wrap up the dual. 

Notables

• Three Polar Bears earned pins in the dual.
• Locke is tied for 57th in program history in career wins with 69.
• Johnson is ranked No. 6 at 197 pounds by the NWCA.
• Ohio Northern head coach Ron Beaschler is in his 38th season and has a 392-257-4 dual meet record, a winning percentage of .603.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears will return to action next Saturday, November 22, at the Olivet (Mich.) Duals at 11 am. 

Ohio Northern 36, Heidelberg 9

• 125 — Lee Woods (HU) pinned William Miller, 2:04
• 133 — Kurt Mokros (ONU) major dec. Colin Hering, 12-4 
• 141 — Casper Caizzo (ONU) pinned Maddox Cade, 1:28
• 149 — Michael Hatgas (HU) dec. Aaron Turner, 5-3 
• 157 — London Murphy (ONU) pinned Sam Smith, 1:01
• 165 — Ben Hegler (ONU) dec. Travis Richardson, 5-1
• 174 — Jack Hoffman (ONU) maj. dec. Austin Dipzinski, 13-2
• 184 — Ajay Locke (ONU) won by forfeit
• 197 — #6 Myles Johnson (ONU) dec. Landon Cook, 13-6
• 285 — Troy Dyszkiewicz (ONU) pinned Khelei Tillman, 1:57

Exhibition Matches

• 149 — Adrian Pigg (ONU) tech. fall Aaron Cole, 16-0 3:55
• 149 — Gabe Hansen (ONU) tech. fall Sawyer Cooper, 18-0 3:51
• 149 — Max Kaye (ONU) pinned Joe Conti, 2:13
• 157 — Ryan Foster (ONU) tech. fall Kamren Johnson, 21-6 5:46
• 157 — Aaron Cole (HU) dq. Ryan Foster
• 157 — Jovanni Greco (ONU) tech. fall Joe Conti, 17-0 2:21
• 157 — Ethan Bartlett (ONU) pinned Sawyer Cooper, 2:15
• 165 — Landen Irvin (ONU) pinned Joel Carter, 2:01
• 174 — Anthony Lahoski (ONU) pinned Joel Carter, 1:50